The Cat

The Cat, also known simply as CAT and later revealed to be the first iteration of Candy the Cat, is a secondary antagonist of the Five Nights at Candy's series. He serves as an antagonist in Five Nights at Candy's 2 and as a supporting character/antagonist of Five Nights at Candy's 3.

He is unique in that he only becomes active during the final nights of Five Nights at Candy's 2, where he is known as Withered Cat. He is possessed by the soul of the actor of the Cat back in the Rat and Cat Theatre.

The Cat
Origin
Origin	Five Nights at Candy's 2
Creator	Emil Macko
First Appearance	Five Nights at Candy's 2
Characteristics
Species	Cat
Gender	Male
Pronouns	He/Him
Sexuality	N/A
Age	Unknown
Birthday	Unknown
Height	5'9" to 5'11"
Weight	Unknown
Ethnicity	Animatronic Cat
Status	Discarded (animatronic body), Undead (spirit)
Alignment	Neutral Good (Human), Lawful Neutral (Animatronic with programming), Neutral Evil (Animatronic with Spirit)
Archetype	Horror Monsters
Occupation	Performer
Time Period	1960s (FNaC 3), November 1987 (FNaC 1), 2007 (FNaC 2)
Language	English
Combat Style	Street Fighting
Homeworld	Earth
Relationships
Affiliations	The Rat, Candy the Cat, Cindy The Cat, Blank the Animatronic, Chester the Chimpanzee, Old Candy, The Penguin
Enemies	Mary Schmidt, Marylin Schmidt, Vinnie

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of The Cat’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

The CAT was created around 1961 as a costumed character for the Rat & Cat Theater. He was portrayed by a male actor who, along with the RAT and the Puppeteer, performed shows and played games with children. One day in 1961, the RAT arrived at work drunk and invited a group of children to play hide-and-seek with him. Everyone except Mary Schmidt found a hiding spot. The RAT noticed Mary entering the Employees Only room and ran in after her, telling her he had seen her go inside. The Puppeteer entered and told RAT to remove his costume and go home because he had come to work drunk. When the Puppeteer tried to pull off RAT's mask, a fight broke out. RAT attempted to choke the Puppeteer, but the Puppeteer pushed him toward a table, causing the actor to fall and strike his head on the table's edge, killing him. The CAT came in to see this and told the Puppeteer they need to call the police and tell teh truth. However, when trying to call the Police, the Puppeteer choked him in his suit, then called the police and claimed he had found both of them dead. Sometime later, the Rowboatics Corp. Factory opened and produced the RAT and CAT animatronics for the Rat & Cat Theater's reopening. However, the CAT animatronic was haunted by the dead actor and became extremely aggressive. A year later, at the theater's grand reopening, the RAT and CAT were performing for a crowd of children. During the show, Mary's brother approached The Rat, and The Rat injured him. Although the injury was not fatal, the Rat & Cat Theater was closed, and the employee operating the RAT was arrested despite being innocent. The RAT and CAT were sent back to the factory and used as the basis for newer designs. The RAT also murdered a night guard in 1993, which caused the restaurant to shut down and the animatronics to be sent back to the factory. CAT reactivated in 2007 after young Marylin Schmidt broke into the factory and stayed there for six nights. CAT was only active on Night 6 alongside the RAT, and the two were the only animatronics active for the entire night. After Night 6, the factory burned to the ground, leaving only rubble. It can be assumed that CAT and all the other animatronics were destroyed in the fire.

Appearance

General Description: The Cat is an animatronic with a cat-shaped head, differentiating him from the Rat. He shares the same dominant color as his counterpart.

Five Nights at Candy's 2 (Standard): Hollowed eyes, with the right eye bearing stitches. A stitch runs across his head, and he has the same joints as the Rat. He lacks a metallic skin or layer showing. Unlike his successors (Old Candy, Candy, and New Candy), he lacks whiskers. He has two to three metallic cubes on his arms. Unlike his monster counterpart, he has no fanged teeth. His endoskeleton fingers and feet are exposed.

The Cat (Withered): Appears similar to the Withered Rat, with the same dominant color and fallen into disrepair. He has hollowed eyes, with the right eye bearing stitches. A stitch runs across his head. He lacks a metallic skin or layer showing. He does not have many whiskers. He has a large hole torn in his chest. He has two to three metallic cubes on his arms. Unlike his monster counterpart, he has no fanged teeth. His endoskeleton fingers, left hand, and lower left leg are exposed, with parts of his upper left leg exposed. His body and head are damaged, though he seems less damaged than the Rat.

Personality

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• Kind to Children: Cat's Actor was mostly kind to the children, making sure to play hide and seek with any of them he saw.

• Vicious: CAT constantly attacks whoever it sees, being compared to that of a bear attack with how badly he mauls Marylin Schmidt in the game over newspaper.

Goals

• Kill the Marylin Schmidt (Failed).

General Information

Name: The Cat

Other Names: CAT, Withered Cat

Origin: Five Nights at Candy's 2

Overall Series: Five Nights at Candy's

Greater Franchise: Fazbear Fanverse Initiative

First Appearance: Five Nights at Candy's 2

Latest Appearance: Five Nights at Candy's 3

Company: N/A

Creator: Emil Macko

Actor: N/A

Gender: Male

Assigned Gender: N/A (As a robot)

Sexuality: N/A

Pronouns: He/Him

Handedness: Ambidextrous (As a robot should be able to use both of his hands just fine)

Age: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period

• Five Nights at Candy's 3: 1960s (The present events take place in 1962)
• Five Nights at Candy's 1: November 1987
• Five Nights at Candy's 2: 2007

Timeline: Five Nights at Candy's Timeline (As apart of the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative)

Homeworld: Earth

Residence

• Five Nights at Candy's: Candy's Burgers and Fries
• Five Nights at Candy's 2: Rowboatics Corp. Factory
• Five Nights at Candy's 3: The Rat & Cat Theater

Story Role: Stalking Enemy

Legacy: City-Wide Legacy (Candy's was a popular attraction, initially being a stage play that many kids went too)

Influence: Personal Influence

Language: English

Ethnicity: Animatronic Cat

Religion: N/A

Classification: Entertainment Robot

Species: Cat

State of Being: Inorganic

Physiology: Animatronic Cat Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown for the person, Rowboatics Corp. for the Cat

Occupation: Performer

Combat Style: Street Fighting

Affiliations: The Rat, Candy the Cat, Cindy the Cat, Blank the Animatronic, Chester the Chimpanzee, Old Candy, The Penguin

Enemies: Mary Schmidt, Marylin Schmidt, Vinnie

Height: 5'9" to 5'11" (Noted by Emil that the Rat is about as tall or a smidge taller than the average adult male with The Cat matching The Rat in height)

Weight: Unknown

Status: Discarded for animatronic body (Discarded for the New Candy model used in Five Nights at Candy's 2), Undead for spirit (After his death while being in The Rat costume, he is shown to be able to move around in it with full possession over it)

Date of Death: 1960s

Alignment

• Human: Neutral Good (The Cat seemed to be a well-mannered individual, believing it was necessary to tell the police the truth of the incident before being killed by the Puppeteer)
• Animatronic: Lawful Neutral with programming (The Animatronics are following basic programming regardless of what the program may be), Neutral Evil with Spirit (The spirits seem to hate adults and try to kill any of them they see, The Cat itself is very vicious, being noted to attack in a way "resembling a bear attack")

Threat Level: Street Threat (Animatronics can misinterpret an altercation greatly harming someone innocent. The Cat itself is purely vicious when attacking at night time)

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential: Fixed Potential
• Level of Potential: Fixed
• Description: Hasn't had any real statements to showcase anything beyond the standard potential.
• Limitations: Standard limitations.

Archetype: Horror Monsters

Codex Statistics

Grade: A

Tier: 9-C

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Technology

Attack Potency: Bone level (Animatronics are capable of completely shattering the window at the ticket booth with a single punch causing the lights in the office to flicker)

Durability: Bone level

Striking Strength: Bone Class

Lifting Strength: At least Class 5 (Animatronics can easily rip apart other animatronics bodies)

Travel Speed: Superhuman Speed (Animatronics can go from being right next to the office door to being back at their spawn point in a short timeframe. Animatronics appear as a blur when moving on camera)

Attack Speed: Superhuman Speed

Reaction Speed: Superhuman Reaction

Stamina: Superhuman (Completely active and can move around and act for around 6 hours)

Range: Standard Melee

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Journeyman level

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Powers and Techniques

Standard Animatronic AbilitiesUnique Abilities

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Reaction
• Inorganic Physiology (Animatronics bodies can still be fully restored even after being ripped apart)
• Enhanced Senses (All the animatronics can move around Candy's Burger and Fries at night despite all the lights being off, requiring Night Vision to see where they are. All animatronics can move around Rowboatics Corp. Factory despite it being completely surrounded by darkness to where Marylin Schmidt needed to use her phone's flashlight to see)

• Stealth Mastery (Despite being a massive robot cat watched on cameras he can get around the building without a sound)
• Undead Physiology (The Cat has the soul of the dead actor in him)

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Equipment

Nothing notable.

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Notable Techniques

Jumpscare

The Cat effectively sneak attacks Mary Schmidt or Marylin Schmidt depending on the game.

They quick attack which likely in-universe catches Mary or Marylin off guard before grabbing and killing them.

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Other

Standard Tactics
The Cat is only active on Night 6 and Night 8 (labeled 7/20 in Nightmare Mode).

The Cat begins in an unknown location behind Withered Rat, but the room he starts in has no camera to view inside and does not appear on the floor plan.

The Cat functions like the other wandering animatronics. When he is seen on a camera or in the Central Hall, the sound of a phone moves him to the camera where the phone is located. The Cat can appear on the same camera as The Rat. The Cat can occasionally use the vents like Withered Chester to reach the Central Hall and kill Marylin Schmidt. Unlike Chester, if The Cat manages to enter the vents, he cannot be stalled with the cameras. If the maintenance panel is never opened and The Cat has entered the vents, he will perform his side jumpscare.

Weaknesses

• Standard Animatronic Weaknesses: If it hits 6 AM, the animatronic no longer targets and resorts to its daytime functions. They can be lured away by the sound of phone calls.
• Unique Weaknesses: Seemed to be too trusting as he turned his back to someone who just murdered another even if it was an accident.

Trivia

• The name "CAT" parallels RAT from the first game, and the Extra menu names his withered version "The Cat," just as RAT's withered version is instead named "The Rat."

• The Cat and The Rat are the only animatronics in the second game that can appear on the same camera at the same time.

• Clicking the fourth star on the starting menu after completing 7/20 Nightmare sends the player to a minigame showing the Grand Reopening of Rat and Cat's Theater, featuring an unwithered The Cat and The Rat performing. This is most likely the very first establishment, existing sometime before 1965, when Old Candy and Blank were most likely first created judging by their minigame, but after 1962, when Rowboatics Corp. Factory first opened.

• The Cat and The Rat are the opposite of a Tom and Jerry team, in that the cat and mouse are allied against a third party rather than opposing each other. However, Tom and Jerry have been shown to ally when another character tries to interrupt their dynamic.

• Since Five Nights at Candy's 2 takes place in 2007 and Five Nights at Candy's 3 takes place in 1962, The Cat and The Rat are both 45 years old.

• In Five Nights at Candy's 3, it is revealed that Rat and Cat are special design suits, just like the Fredbear and Spring Bonnie springlock suits.

• There is a strong possibility that The Cat and The Rat are possessed by the actors who were inside the costumes when they were killed by the Puppeteer back in 1962.

If true, this would explain why they were active in Five Nights at Candy's 1 and 2: they wanted revenge on the Puppeteer, who now possesses Vinnie, for murdering them decades earlier.

• In the room where the Rat and Cat are killed, there is a desk with papers on it. If the player interacts with it, Mary reads the papers, which are scripts for the show scheduled for that same day and state that the Rat and the Cat's names will be revealed.

While Rat's name is never mentioned, the Cat's name is revealed to be Candy the Cat. By extension, this reveals that the Cat is in fact Candy.

• The Cat and The Rat are the only animatronics confirmed to actually kill the player, as the death screen after being jumpscared by them shows a news clipping reporting that Marylin Schmidt was found brutally murdered, whereas when the other animatronics jumpscare the player, the news clipping only mentions her mysterious disappearance.

• When viewing The Cat and The Rat in the Extra Menu, the music turns into an ominous trombone tune. This is actually the normal extras menu music, slowed down.

• The Cat and The Rat are not springlock animatronics, as confirmed by Emil Macko on Twitter.

• Despite being just as withered, The Cat is less damaged than The Rat.

• Despite being scared by phones when banging on a vent, The Cat is also lured by said phones.

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Misconceptions

The Rat and Cat Suits are Spring-Animatronics

This is believed to be the case due to trying to parallel The Rat and Cat to Spring Bonnie and Fredbear, however this has been debunked by Emil Macko himself.

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